Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Dec 14, 2018
12/18
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program; Hackman, C. Douglas
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The black and white photograph documents field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Spring 1967. The caption on the reverse side records negative number (965) and image shows vegetation Digitaria pacific and Tribulus cistoides and an egg laid the morning photograph was taken on East Island. Photograph was taken by C. D. Hackman
Topics: Ornithology, United States, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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119
Aug 9, 2018
08/18
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Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932
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The journal is that of photographer, Donald Dickey, and was sent to Alexander Wetmore by Jane P. Church in October 1969. The journal describes Donald's Dickey's experiences as a member of the Tanager Expedition to Hawaii, during 1923. The journal begins with his departure from California, and continues through his arrival in Hawaii, meeting the other expedition participants and the subsequent voyage. Entries are chronological, and pages are numbered. He includes weather, location, latitude and...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
The copied, typed journal documents Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Begins with an itinerary.Subjects discussed include: presence and harvesting of bat guano and on Laysan Island; detailed description of Laysan Island on approach; discussion of observed bird life...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Feb 2, 2021
02/21
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program; Amerson, A. Binion
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The black and white photographs are from 1966, and document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Photographs were taken by A. B. Amerson, Jr. Captions include island location, date, and description. Subject matter covers flocks of birds in habitat along shorelines, collapsed structures, overhead views of sooty tern colony, and campsites. Locations are across the French Frigate Shoals
Topics: Ornithology, United States, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
The article "Lava Rock and Coral Sand" by Alexander Wetmore discusses the impetus and progression of the Tanager Expedition, 1923, conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Wetmore was working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. According to a note at the top of the cover, a portion of the article was printed in the National Geographic Magazine. Also discusses the guano industry in the islands, the...
Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Navy, Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology,...
